BILJA Grant Program Tracker
The BILJA Grant Program Tracker has been created to assist Tribal Nations with BIIJA programs. Program information will be updated as new information becomes available. If you need assistance, please contact us.
Click the red box with the down arrow to view more details about the program including a description, eligibility and cost sharing information. To sort the table, click on a header (Agency, Category, etc...). When sorting the table, the default sort order is ascending (least) to descending (greatest) or A-Z, depending on the type of data. To sort the table in descending or Z-A order, click the header again.
Agency | Category | Name of Program | New or Existing Program | Type | Latest Actions / Upcoming Milestones | Tribes Eligible? | Workforce Funding Eligible Use? | Cybersecurity An Eligible Use? | ||
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USDOT-FAA | Airports and Federal Aviation Administration Facilities | Airport Infrastructure Grants | New | Formula | Yes | |||||
Description: For investment in runways, taxiways, safety and sustainability projects, as well as terminal, airport-transit connections and roadway projects. Eligible Recipients: Public agencies, private entities, state and Tribal government owning a public use National Plan of Integration Airport Systems airport. Federal Cost Share: 5-25% non-federal match for allocations, no match for contract tower grants. Waivers are not available. |
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USDOT-FAA | Airports and Federal Aviation Administration Facilities | Contract Tower Competitive Grant Program | Existing | Competitive | April 2022, FY2022 NOFO closed | |||||
Description: Annual grants available to eligible airports for airport-owned airport traffic control tower projects that address the aging infrastructure of the nation's airports. Set aside from Airport Infrastructure Grants. Eligible Recipients: Federal Aviation Authority towers and commercial vendors Federal Cost Share: 100% federal funding |
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USDOT-FAA | Airports and Federal Aviation Administration Facilities | Air Traffic Facilities and Equipment | New | Formula | Each program has its own planning cycle and individual milestones | |||||
Description: FAA sustainment work and facilities replacements for replacing FAA-owned terminal and route air traffic control faculties, improvements of air route and terminal facilities etc. Eligible Recipients: Federal Aviation Authority towers and commercial vendors. Federal Cost Share: 100% federal funding |
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USDOT-FAA | Airports and Federal Aviation Administration Facilities | Airport Terminal Program | New | Competitive | February 2022 - NOFO closed and awarded | yes | ||||
Description: Provides competitive grants for airport terminal development projects that address the aging infrastructure of the nation’s airports. Eligible Recipients: Public agencies, private entities, state and Tribal government owning a public use National Plan of Integration Airport Systems airport. Federal Cost Share: Large/Medium Hub 20% non-federal match; All others (Small, Non and Non-Primary) 5% non-federal match. Waivers are not available. |
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DOC - NTIA | Broadband | Middle Mile Grants Program | New | Competitive | 30 September 2022 – Applications due through application portal | Yes | ||||
Description: Funding for the construction, improvement or acquisition of middle mile infrastructure. Eligible Recipients: States, territories, ISPs, local entities, tribal governments, Native entities Federal Cost Share: Federal award may not exceed 70% of total project cost/At least 30% non-federal |
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DOC - NTIA | Broadband | State Digital Equity Capacity Grant | New | Competitive | TBD | Yes | Yes | |||
Description: The State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program dedicates a $1.44 billion formula grant program for States, Territories, Tribal governments, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian organizations distributed via annual grant programs over five years to implement digital equity projects and support the implementation of digital equity plans. Eligible Recipients: States, Territories, D.C., Tribal governments, Alaska Native entities, Native Hawaiian organizations Federal Cost Share: Federal share up to 90% of project cost. Waivers are available. |
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DOC - NTIA | Broadband | State Digital Equity Competitive Grant | New | Competitive | TBD | Yes | Yes | |||
Description: The Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program is a $1.25 billion discretionary grant program distributed via annual grant programs over five years to implement digital equity projects. Eligible Recipients: Local Education Agency; State Governments, including any political subdivisions of the State; Tribal Governments; Alaska Native Entities; and Native Hawaiian Organizations, Non-Profit Organizations; Community Anchor Institutions; and Workforce Development Programs Federal Cost Share: Federal share up to 90% of project cost. Waivers are available. |
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DOC - NTIA | Broadband | State Digital Equity Planning Grant | New | Competitive | 12 July 2022, Planning Grant applications closed | Yes | ||||
Description: The State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program is a $60 million formula grant program for States and territories to develop digital equity plans. Eligible Recipients: States, territories, D.C., Indian Tribes, Alaska Native entities and Native Hawaiian organizations Federal Cost Share: No non-federal matching requirement |
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DOC - NTIA | Broadband | Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program | Existing | Competitive | TBD | Yes | ||||
Description: The Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program provides grants for broadband infrastructure deployment; affordable broadband programs; distance learning, telehealth, digital inclusion efforts; and broadband adoption activities. Eligible Recipients: Tribal Governments, Tribal organizations, Tribal Colleges or Universities, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on behalf of the Native Hawaiian Community, and Alaska Native Corporations. Federal Cost Share: |
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FCC-WCB | Broadband | Affordable Connectivity Program | Existing | Subsidies to internet service providers to apply to consumer's bills | August 5, 2022 - FCC approved proposed to increase funding for outreach. The first established a $100 million grant program to help increase awareness of the subsidy. The second established a pilot program to promote the program to recipients of federal housing assistance. Additional details on the grant program will be provided at a later date. | Low-income households on Tribal lands can receive a monthly benefit of up to $75 on broadband charges | ||||
Description: Helps low income households afford home broadband service by providing up to a $30 monthly benefit on a household's monthly internet bill. For low-income households on Tribal lands the benefit is up to $75. Eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if the household contributes more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price. Eligible Recipients: Internet Service Providers (Who Then Apply the Benefit to Consumers' Monthly Bills) Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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FCC-WCB | Broadband | Affordable Connectivity Program - Outreach Grants | New | Additional details to be released at a later date | ||||||
Description: To conduct and fund ACP outreach, including providing grants to outreach partners to ensure that eligible households can learn about the program and receive assistance with the application process. Eligible Recipients: TBD, Pending Rulemaking Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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USDA-RUS | Broadband | Distance Learning, Telemedicine, And Broadband Program: Broadband Loans | Existing | Loans | Yes | |||||
Description: The Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program (Broadband Program) makes loans and loan guarantees to finance construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide high speed broadband service in eligible rural areas. Eligible Recipients: Corporation; Limited Liability Company; Cooperative or Mutual Organization; A State or Local Unit of Government; Tribe or Tribal Organization. Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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USDA-RUS | Broadband | Distance Learning, Telemedicine, And Broadband Program: Reconnect Program | Existing | Competitive | Yes | |||||
Description: The ReConnect Program offers loans, grants, and loan-grant combinations to build infrastructure and install equipment that provides modern, reliable, high-speed Internet service in rural America. Eligible Recipients: Corporations; Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships; Cooperatives or Mutual Organizations; States or Local governments, including any agency, subdivision, instrumentality of political subdivision thereof; Territories or Possessions of The United States; and Tribes, as defined in Section 4 Of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. §450B) Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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FCC-WCB | Broadband | Broadband Deployment Locations Map | New | Direct federal spending | ||||||
Description: To establish an online mapping tool to provide a locations overview of the overall geographic footprint of each broadband infrastructure deployment project funded by the Infrastructure Act, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 or any other Federal amounts appropriated or any Federal program authorized after the date of enactment of the Infrastructure Act to fund broadband infrastructure deployment. Eligible Recipients: N/A Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share requirement |
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DOC - NTIA | Broadband | Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) | New | Formula | August 15, 2022 - Initial Planning Funds application due | Yes | Yes | |||
Description: For broadband planning, deployment, and adoption projects. Each State, D.C, and P.R. will receive an allocation of at least $100 million and the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands will each receive $25 million. Each State will receive initial funding of $5 million and each territory will receive initial funding of $1.25 million to support broadband planning efforts including building capacity in State broadband offices and outreach with local communities. Following submission of 5-year Action Plans, the remaining funding will be distributed based on a formula that considers the number of unserved and high-cost locations in the State, based on the maps to be published by the FCC. Eligible Recipients: States, territories, D.C. Federal Cost Share: 25% federal/75% non-federal. Waivers are available. |
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Denali Commission | Broadband | Denali Commission Broadband Funding | Existing | Competitive | May 13, 2022 – Applications closed for FY2022 funding | Yes | ||||
Description: Program to assist rural Alaskan communities in planning and build-out of modern broadband capabilities. Eligible Recipients: States, Tribal governments (federally recognized), counties, cities / townships, SPDs, etc. Federal Cost Share: Maximum Denali share is 50 percent or 80 percent, depending on the community’s level of economic distress. Waivers are available in some circumstances. |
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TBD | Broadband | Private Activity Bonds for Qualified Broadband Projects | New | Tax exemptions | ||||||
Description: Assists private sector providers for projects to provide broadband service to one or more census block groups where at least 50% of residential households do not have access to fixed terrestial broadband service Eligible Recipients: Private sector partners Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Industrial Research and Assessment Center Implementation Grants | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
Description: To fund upgrades for eligible small and medium sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency, material efficacy, cybersecurity, or productivity, or reduce waste production, greenhouse gas emissions or non-greenhouse gas pollution Eligible Recipients: Small- and Medium-Sized Manufacturers Federal Cost Share: 50% |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program | New | Formula and competitive | June 29, 2022 - allocation formulas released | Yes | ||||
Description: To assist states, local governments and tribes to reduce energy use, reduce fossil fuel emissions, and improve energy efficiency. Eligible Recipients: State/Local Government/Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Grants for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Improvements at Public School Facilities | New | Competitive | May 18, 2022 - Comments closed on Request for Information | |||||
Description: To provide competitive grants to make energy efficiency, renewable energy and alternative fueled vehicle upgrades and improvements at public schools Eligible Recipients: Consortium of One Local Education Agency and one or more Schools, non-Profits, For-Profits, and Community Partners Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Industrial Emission Demonstration Projects | New | Competitive | ||||||
Description: To fund demonstration projects that test and validate technologies that reduce industrial emissions, including for iron, steel, aluminum, cement, concrete, glass pulp paper, industrial ceramics and chemical production processes Eligible Recipients: State and local governments Tribes, technology developers, industry, utilities, universities etc. Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Commercial Direct Air Capture Technology Prize Competition | New | Competitive | February 2022 - Responses closed for Request for Information | |||||
Description: Reauthorization of program to support large-scale pilot projects and demonstration projects and test carbon capture technologies. Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Career Skills Training | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
Description: Provides a grant to pay the federal share of career skills training programs under which students concurrently receive classroom instruction and on-the-job training for the purpose of obtaining an industry-related certification to install energy efficient building technologies Eligible Recipients: non-Profit Partnerships Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Purchase of Power and Transmission Services | Existing | Federal expenditure at discretion of Western Area Power Administration Administrator | ||||||
Description: For the Western Area Power Administration to purchase power and transmission services Eligible Recipients: Power Generation and Wheeling Providers Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Industrial Research and Assessment Centers | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
Description: To provide funding for institutions of higher education-based industrial research and assessment centers to identify opportunities for optimizing energy efficiency and environmental performance at manufacturing and other industrial facilities. Eligible Recipients: Institutions of Higher Education, Community College, Trade School, Or Union Training Program Federal Cost Share: None specified |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Long-Duration Energy Storage Demonstration Initiative and Joint Program | New | Competitive | June 16, 2022 - Submissions closed in response to Request for Information | Yes | ||||
Description: To establish a demonstration initiative composed of demonstration projects on the development of long-duration energy storage technologies Eligible Recipients: Technology Developers, Industry, State and Local Governments, Tribal Organizations, Community Based Organizations, National Laboratories, Universities, and Utilities. Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Hydroelectric Production Incentives | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
Description: Provides incentive payments for electric energy generated and sold by a qualified hydroelectric facility during the incentive period, to the owner or authorized operator of such facility. Eligible Recipients: Non-federal owners of qualified hydroelectric or marine energy facilities Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Battery and Critical Mineral Recycling | New | Competitive | Notice of intent released | |||||
Description: To award grants for research, development, and demonstration projects to create innovative and practical approaches to increase the reuse and recycling of batteries. Eligible Recipients: State and local governments, non profits, higher ed , industry, manufacture, private battery collection etc. Federal Cost Share: At least 20% of the total project cost |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Carbon Utilization Program | New | Competitive | February 2022 - comments closed in response to Request for Information | |||||
Description: To establish a grant program for State and local governments to procure and use products derived from captured carbon oxides. Eligible Recipients: State / Local / Public Utility Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Technologies Grant Program | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
Description: To provide aid to federal agencies that they can leverage with private capital to make energy and water efficiency upgrades to Federal buildings Eligible Recipients: Federal Agencies Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Carbon Dioxide Capture Facilities Private Activity Bonds | New | Tax exemptions | ||||||
Description: Assists private sector providers for projects to install equilemtn in an industrial carbon dioxide facility Eligible Recipients: Private sector partners Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Cost-effective codes Implementation for Efficiency and Resilience | New | Competitive | May 20, 2022 - submissions closed in response to Request for Information | |||||
Description: A competitive grant program to enable sustained, cost-effective implementation of updated building energy codes Eligible Recipients: States and State Partnerships Federal Cost Share: |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Rare Earth Security Activities | New | Competitive | ||||||
Description: To conduct a program of research and development to improve the security of rare earth elements. Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Energy Storage Demonstration Pilot Grant Program | New | Competitive | June 16, 2022 - Submissions closed in response to Request for Information | Yes | ||||
Description: To enter into agreements to carry out three energy storage system demonstration projects Eligible Recipients: State and local governments Tribal organizations, technology developers, industry, utilities, universities etc. Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Section 243 Hydroelectric Efficiency Improvement Incentives (Sec 40332) | New | Competitive | September 6, 2022 - Responses to Request for Information on section 243 and section 247 due | |||||
Description: To incentivize upgrades to hydroelectric facilities to increase their efficiency. Eligible Recipients: Owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Front-End Engineering and Design Program Out Activities Under Carbon Capture Tech program 962 of Environmental Protection Agency | New | Competitive | October 21, 2022 - Questions or comments on Notice of Intent close | |||||
Description: Expands the Department of Energy's Carbon Capture Technology program to include a program for carbon dioxide transport infrastructure necessary to deploy Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage technologies. Eligible Recipients: Industry Partner Federal Cost Share: TBD |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Hydropower Research, Development, and Demonstration (s 41006) | Existing | Competitive | ||||||
Description: To fund research, development and demonstration activities to improve hydropower technologies Eligible Recipients: Industry partners and National Labs Federal Cost Share: N/A |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Weatherization Assistance Program | Existing | Formula | July 1, 2022 - Applications for FY22 closed | Yes | ||||
Description: To increase the energy efficiency of dwellings owned or occupied by low income persons, reduce their total residential energy expenditures, and improve health and safety. Eligible Recipients: States, Tribes Federal Cost Share: No non-federal cost share required |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Pumped Storage Hydropower Wind and Solar Integration and System Reliability Initiative | New | Competitive | Yes | |||||
Description: Provides financial assistance to carry out project design, transmission studies, power market assessments, and permitting for a pumped storage hydropower project to facilitate the long-duration storage of intermittent renewable energy Eligible Recipients: Electric utilities, State Energy Offices, Tribes, Institutes of Higher Education, or consortium thereof Federal Cost Share: Matching funds equal to or greater than the amount of financial assistance provided |
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DOE | Clean Energy and Power | Lithium-Ion Recycling Prize | New | Competitive | ||||||
Description: To provide a prize for recycling of lithium ion batteries and to convene a task force on battery producer requirements Eligible Recipients: Prize dependent Federal Cost Share: N/A |